FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTS THE FINAL INSTALLMENT OF "A VISIT" WITH HAWAI'I GOVERNOR LINDA LINGLE
DAVID INGHAM, WORLD REKNOWN EXPERT ON FEDERAL RECOGNITION, REBUTS LINGLE'S TESTIMONY FROM THE INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE HEARING IN WASHINGTON, DC
Linda Lingle: As I previously testified before your committee in 2003, this bill is vital to the survival of the Native Hawaiian people, it is vital to providing parity in federal policy for all native peoples in America, and it is vital to the continued character of the State of Hawai'i.
David Ingham: This bill is vital to nothing but the interests of a precious few people with alot to lose or alot to gain personally at the expense of Hawaiians.
This bill enriches a few at the expense of Hawaiians.
You have shown that you are unwilling to exercize your authority as governor to lift Hawaiians, and you have shown you either know nothing, or know damn well what you are supporting in asking that Hawaiians be subjected to federal indian policy.
LL: Let me conclude by telling you that this bill will be a unifying force for our state.
DI: Unification of the State will kill and sicken Hawaiians. Assimilation has a nasty habit of doing that. How bout you learn to live in Hawaiian's world rather than asking them to live in yours? After all, they are the Hawaiian Islands or you don't see it that way?
LL: It is supported by every elected official of both major political parties, it is supported overwhelmingly by people of all ethnic backgrounds, and it is supported by a majority of the state's business community, including the two largest banks.
DI: Interesting you don't mention Hawaiian support for the bill.... the support isn't there. A rare glimmer of truth, albeit by omission, in this otherwise uninformed and misleading testimony.
LL: Your passage of SB147 will allow a process to begin that will lead to the kind of self-government enjoyed by the nation's other indigenous people and it will reaffirm our nation's commitment of equal treatment for all its citizens.
DI: The process is well under way without the bill. As Dan Inouye and the founding fathers of the United States agree: "Native Hawaiians can go ahead and start reorganizing their government regardless of what happens with the legislation."
I think you really need to go visit a reservation governor Lingle, go see just how much Indians are "enjoying" what you are proposing for Hawaiians.
If it doesn't make tears roll down your face , I'll understand why you support this legislation.
